Glasgow League v London League

Telephone Match, 19 April 1969

The Glasgow team was based at the Bellahouston Hotel, Paisley Road West, Glasgow. Gerald Bonner was the team Captain, and E. (Ted) Fitzjames was the Director of the match for the 'home' side. Glasgow had the white pieces on boards 1, 3, 5 and 7.

Glasgow League			Londonl League
1	C.W. Pritchett	½-½	J. Penrose
2	D.N.L. Levy	0-1	M.J. Franklin
3	R.M. McKay	½-½	D. Wright
4	G. Bonner	½-½	B.N. Green
5	K.B. McAlpine	1-0	D. Sherman
6	M.J. Freeman	0-1	H. Israel
7	P.M. Jamieson	½-½	M. Wills
8	M.T. Partis	0-1	I.B.N. Smith
		3-5

From the High School of Glasgow Bulletin of 30 April 1969.
Although London had a well-played victory, the match was a close one, for Michael Freeman erred in a strong position, and Michael Partis made a mistake on the very last move before time was called. It was also unfortunate for Glasgow that Board 3 ended in a very early grandmaster draw. The largest gallery of spectators were attracted to Ken McAlpine's fascinating win, which he achieved with less than 10 seconds to spare!

McAlpine - Sherman [A44]
Glasgow League v London League, 19.04.1969.

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6 4.Bd3 g6 5.Ne2 Bg7 6.0-0 Nd7 7.a4 Ngf6 8.Na3 0-0 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bd2 Ne8 11.Qc1 Kh7 12.Ng3 Qh4 13.Nc4 Ndf6 14.Qe1 Nh5 15.Nxh5 Qxh5 16.f4 Qg4 17.f5 gxf5 18.Ne3 Qg5 19.Nxf5 Qd8 20.Qe3 Bxf5 21.Rxf5 Rc8 22.Raf1 Rc7 23.Rh5 f6 24.Qh3 Qd7 25.Rff5 Qxa4 26.Bxh6 Kg8 27.Bxg7 Rxg7 28.Rh8+ Kf7 29.Rxf6+ Nxf6 30.Qe6+ Kg6 31.Rxf8 Qd4+ 32.Kf1 1-0

Alan McGowan